1) This podcast discusses research on adolescents with psychopathic traits and their physiological responses to fear. 2) The research presented in the study by Marsh et al. found that adolescents with psychopathic traits reported reductions in physiological responses to fear. 3) Dr. Graeme Fairchild provides commentary on the study, reflecting on the subjective experience of fear in adolescents with psychopathic traits.

1. Inaugural Podcast A discussion chaired by Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke (Editor-in-Chief, JCPP) with Prof. Abigail Marsh (Georgetown University, Washington DC and NIMH, Bethesda, MD) and Dr. Graeme Fairchild (University of Southampton) © 2011 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. All rights reserved

2. Article: Adolescents with psychopathic traits report reductions in physiological responses to fear Abigail A. Marsh, Elizabeth C. Finger, Julia C. Schechter, Ilana T.N. Jurkowitz, Marguerite E. Reid and R.J.R. Blair Click here for Abstract and Full Text Commentary: I don’t second that emotion: subjective experience of fear in adolescents with psychopathic traits – reflections on March et al.(2011) Graeme Fairchild Click here for Abstract and Full Text

3. Prof. Abigail Marsh Georgetown University, Washington DC NIMH, Bethesda, MD

5. Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) Parasympathetic Nervous System (‘ rest and digest’) Sympathetic Nervous System (‘Fight or Flight’) including digestion, salivation, lacrimation (tears), sexual arousal, urination and defecation Activation of heart rate, breathing, sweating

6. Dr. Graeme Fairchild University of Southampton

7. “ We are dealing here not with a complete man at all but with something that suggests a subtly constructed reflex machine which can mimic the human personality perfectly ” Source: Hervey Cleckley (1976). The Mask of Sanity, 5th Edn. Mosby: St Louis, USA, p369.

8. Further Reading Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - for more information, please see: DSM VI http://psych.org/MainMenu/Research/DSMIV.aspx DSM V (to be launched in 2013) http://www.dsm5.org/pages/default.aspx

9. Dr. Graeme Fairchild University of Southampton

10. Prof. Abigail Marsh Georgetown University, Washington DC NIMH, Bethesda, MD

11. Empathy - for further research on empathy, please see: Anxiety Disorders http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience at Georgetown University http://www.abigailmarsh.com/ NIMH Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment Development Program http://ww.nimh.nih.gov/about/organization/datr/experimental-therapeutics-branch/mood-and-anxiety-disorders-treatment-development-program.shtml Further Reading

12. Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke Editor-in-Chief, JCPP

13. Dr. Graeme Fairchild University of Southampton

14. Prof. Abigail Marsh Georgetown University, Washington DC NIMH, Bethesda, MD

15. Prof. Edmund Sonuga-Barke Editor-in-Chief, JCPP

16. References Marsh, A.A., Finger, E.C., Schecter, J.C., Jurkowitz, I.T.N., Reid, M.E., & Blair, R.J.R., 2011. Adolescents with psychopathic traits report reductions in physiological responses to fear. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52 , 834-41 . Fairchild, G. (2011). I don’t second that emotion: subjective experience of fear in adolescents with psychopathic traits – reflections on March et al.(2011). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52 , 842-43. Music: ‘Out of the Storm’: www.melodyloops.com Acknowledgements The Editorial team of JCPP and Wiley-Blackwell Publishers wish to thank Dr. Graeme Fairchild and Professor. Abigail Marsh for their support in contributing to this inaugural podcast of the JCPP. Contacts: Claire Shuttleworth ( [email_address] ) or Piers Allen ( [email_address] ) © 2011 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and ACAMH .